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🔴 [Analyst wording] Tesla AI Engineer Confirms FSD Will Get Navigation Improvements and Pothole Detection

Summary:
Not a Tesla App reports that Tesla AI team principal software engineer Phil Duan, replying to a user on X, confirmed that both FSD's navigation route planning and pothole avoidance features will be improved.

Content summary:

• Shopify executive Farhan Thawar praised FSD v14.3.10 on X, but pointed out that broken road surfaces and navigation route selection remain the biggest pain points; Tesla AI team principal software engineer Phil Duan replied directly that "improvements for both are on the way."
• Pothole avoidance is one of the most requested features in the fleet, and Tesla has continued to promise this feature since 2019; Musk recently said pothole avoidance is coming soon, and since FSD v14.3 this spring it has also been listed as a pending improvement in official release notes.
• The current version occasionally exhibits this behavior: a tester running FSD v14.2.2.5 recorded the vehicle slightly centering on a cracked road surface, letting potholes pass between the tires; but it is not yet clear whether the neural network recognizes them as potholes, and the behavior has been inconsistent across recent FSD versions.
• On navigation logic, Tesla is training FSD to learn user habits by analyzing driver intervention behavior, including manual lane-change choices and steering micro-adjustments; if a driver consistently ignores the map-recommended detour route and chooses a preferred exit or surface road, FSD will remember that preference on subsequent trips. This capability will build on the recently launched Preferred Routes feature.
• The article also mentions that subsequent FSD versions will learn users' parking habits, such as reversing into a home driveway, parking close to the garage wall to leave walking space, or parking away from high curbs, and will imitate these preferences during automatic parking; in addition, Tesla is integrating Grok directly into the FSD system, allowing drivers to use natural voice commands to ask the vehicle to turn, stop at a specified location, or temporarily change the route.
• Pothole avoidance was initially promised in the v14.3 release notes, but it is not yet certain whether these upgrades will arrive in a near-term minor version update or debut with the FSD v15 architecture, which is expected to upgrade the neural network to 10 billion parameters.

📊 Ticker: TSLA
🧭 Market wording: Neutral

Source: Not a Tesla App · 10-03 03:11 (Beijing time)

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🔴 [Official Update] Tesla Robotaxi official website page introduces the autonomous driving fleet network, and separately lists fuel vehicle trade-in promotion terms

Summary:
The Tesla Robotaxi official page states that the company is focused on producing an autonomous driving fleet for the Robotaxi network, and the same page also contains a promotion term offering 2,000 free Supercharging miles for trading in a fuel or hybrid vehicle.

Content summary:

• The Tesla Robotaxi official page states that the company is focused on creating a sustainable future by producing an autonomous driving fleet for the Robotaxi network.
• The promotion terms on the same page show that trading in a fuel vehicle or hybrid vehicle and completing the purchase of a Tesla vehicle can earn 2,000 free Supercharging miles.
• The terms state: Supercharging miles expire two years after the delivery date, are non-extendable, non-transferable, and cannot be redeemed for cash; Supercharging-related fees such as congestion fees are still charged as usual.
• The terms state: used vehicles and B2B sales are not eligible; if the trade-in is not completed for any reason, the promotional miles may be revoked; actual mileage varies due to factors such as driving behavior and environment.
• The terms state: this promotion requires the completion of a fuel or hybrid vehicle trade-in, and may be changed or terminated at any time.

📊 Ticker: TSLA

Source: Tesla Robotaxi Official · 10-03 02:21 (Beijing time)

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🟡 [Media Report] TechCrunch says Robotaxi operators blocking emergency responders will face fines

Summary:
TechCrunch reports that Robotaxi operators will face fines if they block emergency responders.

Content summary:

• TechCrunch reports that Robotaxi operators blocking emergency responders will face fines.

📊 Ticker: TSLA

Source: Google News · 10-02 08:57 (Beijing Time)

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Summary

据 NewsBytes 报道，加州通过一项新法律，针对 robotaxi 运营造成的干扰问题。

Key points

• 加州通过新法，旨在应对 robotaxi 带来的运营干扰。

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Source: Google News · 10-02 17:18（北京时间）